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Total Shoulder Replacement
I am a newbie to the group, a lot of information here. I unfortunately have had 4 replacements done to date over a 2 year span, last one being about 18 months ago. Left arm pain started this venture and pain/discomfort continues to this day and not sure where In am headed at this point with this, but need the discomfort part resolved. I am age 74 and was thinking I would be ok after this as a healthy veteran and senior. I used the best guy in my area for the procedure and apparently maybe not the best. He mis-diagnosed a TSR, 3 times before deciding that the rotator cuff was in fact bad. So suggestions for me as how to approach this now, this has also effected my other shoulder at this point since I had to rely on it for years and also 2 years in therapy. So looking for help and guidance, live in southwest Florida. Thanks.
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So left should bad. Torn rotator cuff. First repair. BAD. Re-tore worse than before. So TSR. BAD. Things to remember. The rotator cuff are layers of muscle holding in the joint. Very strong and durable even if torn. If athletic or sports enthusiast it might be a difficult decision. But plain ordinary people can live with a tear and many do. TRS restricts movement of arm involved. It hurts for a while. Then aches. Clunks sometimes. Tires easily. Clipping hedges is difficult. Weakens the shoulder. There will be times when there is no option other than than TRS. Ortho surgeons and techniques have come along way. Same day surgery. PT.
I had total shoulder replacement 3 years ago recently I have new horendous pain . I have a ?? for you about your pain for the rotator cuff .. I am wondering if that is what is happening with me.. I know this may be dumb but I don't even know if rotator was apart of 1st surgery. I do not believe so.
Have you had xrays of the replacement to insure everything is still functioning properly? Do you think the pain is associated with the joint, or muscle/tendons? What did your doctor say?
I'm quite familiar with pain from the prosthesis. Now, after my reverse revision (2nd one), I don't have a rotator cuff. Nine weeks out of my last surgery and I'm working on rebuilding strength.
@mamalinda61
After 3 years my reverse total shoulder started to lock up on me with severe pain. It had never been perfect but before that I was doing ok with dry needling and taping. Fast forward was sent to another surgeon for 2nd opinion and I was told I had conjoint tendonitis. He offered me a one time injection which I took and what a relief though he said I had it for so long it would come back. Asked why they couldn’t just release the tendon. He said that there was a surgery being performed but it was new only been out 3 years or so, but he had never done it.
After 3months and two weeks after the injection it was back . My surgeon sent me to another surgeon who felt I was a good candidate and he felt comfortable doing the release of tendon even though he had never done it before. So middle of august he released the tendon and decompressed the clavicle again because I felt like an impingement was there. So back to pt I am I don’t feel impingement anymore and so far no locking up still have some issues but waiting for it to heal.
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@dmk do you feel the impingement by your neck?
Thank you
Yes I do and now I am going for a consultation on my neck, 4 years of bad shoulder issues and 4 surgeries, nobody cares and nobody wants another surgeons problems, I would sue if I could find a decent attorney to take on the case, all the mistakes that were made!
@chris5038
I guess we are all guinea pigs basically
@chris5038 I have had a reverse shoulder replacement on my right (dominant) shoulder back in 2023. After much therapy and many varied treatments I still had pain in shoulder, neck and back. I was told the neck was involved (cervical stenosis due to normal aging process) . I went and had 3 neck injections several months ago, and it lasted briefly. I am still having pain in shoulder (pinching feeling where hardware is located), and up my neck. Waiting to go back for follow up, but really at a loss for trying to find a remedy for the pain. God bless and best of luck to you!!
@mamalinda61
No impingement I was feeling was coming from the end of shoulder away from my neck. The second decompression I had done on my clavicle 5 months ago seems to have corrected that problem fortunately at least for now